Simply if you suppose soccer is operating out of storylines, one thing occurs to make you query all the things you thought you knew once more.
Loris Karius. You bear in mind him. Harry Kane, you don’t want any reminders. All widespread logic would level in direction of a goal-fest for the Ballon d’Or frontrunner towards the previous Liverpool flop once they crossed paths on the pitch.
They’d truly solely confronted off as soon as earlier than at membership degree, in a Premier League recreation in February 2018. Kane scored a stoppage-time penalty to grab a 2-2 draw for Tottenham Hotspur towards Liverpool.
However on Saturday, some eight years later, they met once more. After serving to Schalke to promotion from the German second tier final season, Karius was chosen in purpose for his or her Bundesliga conflict with Bayern Munich.
You feared for him, you actually did. He has recovered some dignity in recent times, wanting to not be eternally outlined by these errors within the 2018 Champions League closing. However dealing with as potent a striker as Kane appeared a daunting prospect.
And but Karius got here away with a clear sheet as Schalke held Bayern to a goalless draw. Higher nonetheless, it was a clear sheet he fought for.
With about 5 minutes to go, Kane launched a rocket of a shot from outdoors the field in a bid to interrupt the impasse.
It seemed to be flying in direction of the highest nook, however Karius had different concepts. At full stretch, he was in a position to push it behind for a nook.
𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐬 𝐊𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐮𝐬, 𝐥𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧 🔥🧤
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Some would possibly say it was one for the cameras, although we’d argue they should brighten up a bit. In addition to, anybody of a Schalke persuasion might be mightily grateful for his acrobatic save, which helped them maintain on to their first level towards Bayern since February 2017.
Everybody loves a superb redemption story and Karius is having fun with his proper now. For Kane, in distinction, that’s now two league video games with out scoring firstly of a season for the primary time since 2021.
And for Bayern, it’s a primary aggressive recreation with out scoring after 58 in a row. Karius, given the person of the match award after, was instrumental in that being the case.
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